Corset.



No. 774,537. 'PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904. i

E. SAVOYE.

CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25, 1904 no 110mm.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

EMILE SAVOYE, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,537, dated November8, 1904. Application filed January 26, 1904:. Serial No. 190,503. (Nomodel.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMILE SAvoYE, manufacturer of corsets, a citizen ofthe Republic of France, residing at 35 Rue du Caire, Paris, in theRepublic of France, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements inCorsets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in corsets, and more particularlyto the Whaleboning of corsets. H eretofore the whalebones have beenarranged in an arbitrary manner simply for the purpose of stiifening thefabric, and that in a uniform manner from the top to the bottom of thecorset. According to the present invention the whalebones are arrangedin a rational and economic manner, in that they only extend in generalon the intermediate part of the corset, which corresponds to the waistand which alone requires sufficient stiffness to properly maintain theupper part of the body. By the use of short whalebones limited to thewaist part a great economy is realized in the manufacture, greaterlightness is obtained, and the corset is rendered much more comfortable,because the upper and lower parts of the corset are kept pliable and theintermediate and whaleboned part cannot penetrate into the skin. whilebeing at the same time sufficiently stiff to properly maintain the upperpart of the The position and the direction of the body. whalebones areso arranged that each of the said whalebones is perpendicular or nearlyperpendicular to the part of thewaist-line it meets and applies itselfflatly in a natural manner and from one end to the other on the bodyabove and below the waist-line. Geometrically speaking, the line onwhich each whalebone extends is the line of contact of a cylindricalsurface tangent to the surface of the body, the direction of thegenerating-lines of the said cylindrical surface being chosen nearlyparallel to the corresponding portion of the waist-line, so that thesaid line of contact is a plane one. This arrangement has severaladvantages. In the first place it prevents the whalebones from becomingtwisted and from bearing by their edge in certain places on the body.For the same reason the whalebones keep all their resistance and alltheir stretching effect on the fabric. They are also much less liable tobreak, especially when what are called spring-steel whalebones are used.Furthermore, this arrangement allows the use of a wide whalebone in theplace of a group of narrow whalebones located parallel one to another,as it was necessary to do heretofore when the position and the directionof the whalebones were arranged arbitrarily.

By way of examples the accompanying drawings show the arrangement ofparts in which the present invention can be carried out and in which theassembling-lines of the parts of the corset are omitted as not being ofany interest.

Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views showing, respectively, anelevation of the front and an elevation of the back of the corset.

In the form of carrying out the invention shown in the drawings all thewhalebones 1 2 3 4 are short and none of them extend higher up than thewaist or belt part of the corset. They rise up, preferably not so highup in front as behind, in a continuous manner. The front whalebones 1are extended downward to the lower edge of the corset; but the otherwhalebones terminate at a point which is about intermediate between thenarrowest part of the waist and the lower edge of the corset. In orderto suitably maintain the upper part of the corset without rendering itstiff, ribbons 9 1O 11, for instance, are used and arranged as shown inthe drawings. On the side of the corset, above the row of whalebones,are stitched at 12 13 14 the crossed ends of two ribbons 9 10, whichextend forward and slightly downward and of which the opposite endsextend beyond the front edge of the corset and can be tied in front tocorresponding ribbons on the other side of the corset. The band 11 isarranged behind between the seam 12 and the back edge of the corset, andit is also fixed to the latter by the seams 12 15 16. By these means theupper part of the corset keeps its pliability and is at the same timeprevented from getting out of shape, while the waist or belt part issuitably stiff.

The whalebones may be arranged in groups of two or more, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2.

It will of course be understood that with out departing from the presentinvention the number of the whalebones may be varied according to thedegree of stiffness it is desired to obtain.

I claii 1. In a corset, the combination of vertical whalebones the lowerend of which lies at a certain distance above the lower edge of thecorset and the other end of which lies under the upper edge, and ofribbons arranged circumferentially on the upper part of the corset abovethe whalebones.

2. In a corset, the combination of whalebones the lower end of Whichlies at a certain distance above the lower edge o1 the corset and ofribbons stitched onto the upper part of the corset above the whalebones,two of the said ribbons having their rear ends crossed and fixed onthe'side of the corset, and their front ends being free to be tiedtogether.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

. EMILE SAVOYE. lVitnesses:

HANSON G. CoXE, MAURICE Roux.

